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Ranson's Folly (1926)

Ranson's Folly poster
Directed by
Sidney Olcott
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 18m
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young cavalry officer gets into trouble when he tries to impress a woman by playing the hero. The story follows his misadventures in a Western setting.

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What happens

Ranson's Folly is a 1926 American silent Western film produced by and starring Richard Barthelmess and co-starring Dorothy Mackaill. It is based on a Richard Harding Davis novel and 1904 play, Ranson's Folly, and was filmed previously in 1910 and in 1915 by Edison. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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